Comments: I highly recommend the Okuma Sierra S10/11 Fly Reel and Spare Spool ,I have owned mine for about 4 years and just got the Spare Spool, I`ve caught a large amount of fresh water fish on it from 15lb Carp ,Rainbow Trout ,Fresh Water Mullet,Bull Nose Mullet,Bass,Fresh Water Herring and Saltwater Bream I have never had any problems with it for my first fly reel it`s been fantastic.The bearings and drag still work as good as the day I bought it .

Comments: for an inexpensive real, these work great, espicially for some one looking to just use the reel as a way to hold line. I have never had to use the drag much so for small fish , small streams and not a lot of line put out, you can't beat them

Comments: This spool fit and older (2007 I think) Cabela's Prestige One 5-6 wt. reel I own, as Okuma mfd. this reel for them. Cabelas no longer carries the part. I was delighted to find it. This reel is a simple, effective disk drag with easy drag settings,unidirectional drag, quiet reel-in, and a classic design with a wooden handle, at a great price. I use the spool to switch between an 8' 6 wt. and a more delicate 7'9" 5 wt. and the reel balances great with both. I am hard pressed to imagine needing much more reel for smallmouth and trout, but there will always be those who relish dropping [$] for a reel whose backing will never see the light of day.

Comments: I bought my Scierra reel in Australia about 10 years ago. I now live in the UK and didn't want to shell out on a new reel so a spare spool was not only cheap but meant that I could still use the same reel. The Scierra Gillie reel is an excellent piece of kit. From altantic salmon (small spool was a bit hair-raising when the backing almost ran out) to 8" brownies in small streams, this reel can do it all. And glad to find that after 10 years I can still get replacement spools.